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hak4fun
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I have a laptop that I use for work, school, and general webbrowsing And I recently upgraded my main setup's monitors so now I have 3 decent dell monitors that I would like to connect to the laptop for excel sheets and paperwork(running your own business means alot of paperwork.)

The problem is the laptop only has a HDMI and a VGA and I have 3 monitors that I would like to dock it to... BUT! then I found this thing: http://www.amazon.com/Coredy-Graphics-Multiple-Monitors-1920/dp/B0129CP6BO/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1443576433&sr=1-1-spons&keywords=USB+to+VGA&psc=1

 

 

If I am understanding correctly it should allow me to connect an extra monitor no problem right? It should act like I just have a extra HDMI on my laptop?

Is it bad that my dream setup only costs a few thousand not counting the obutto?


 

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You're going to be powering 4 monitors off one laptop... Hope your laptop has the horsepower to do that

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Correct but I heard its very laggy

oh... that might be a problem. how laggy? like a few extra milliseconds or... super noticeable, unusable?

Is it bad that my dream setup only costs a few thousand not counting the obutto?


 

CPU: FX-8320

Motherboard: asrock 970Pro3 r2.0

Memory: Team Zeus Blue 8GB DDR3-1600 Memory 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB DUAL-X Video Card 

Case: Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case  

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  

SSD: MX100 128GB

HDD: WD 2TB black edition

 

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You're going to be powering 4 monitors off one laptop... Hope your laptop has the horsepower to do that

3 monitors because the laptop will be hidden under the desk. It shouldn't be a problem. It handles the laptop monitor, and 2 external just fine so why wouldn't it handle 3 external with the laptop turned off?

Is it bad that my dream setup only costs a few thousand not counting the obutto?


 

CPU: FX-8320

Motherboard: asrock 970Pro3 r2.0

Memory: Team Zeus Blue 8GB DDR3-1600 Memory 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB DUAL-X Video Card 

Case: Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case  

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  

SSD: MX100 128GB

HDD: WD 2TB black edition

 

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laggy as in choppy

ah ok so maybe this won't work. Got any other ideas?

Is it bad that my dream setup only costs a few thousand not counting the obutto?


 

CPU: FX-8320

Motherboard: asrock 970Pro3 r2.0

Memory: Team Zeus Blue 8GB DDR3-1600 Memory 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB DUAL-X Video Card 

Case: Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case  

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  

SSD: MX100 128GB

HDD: WD 2TB black edition

 

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It'll die in like a month, and you want to run 3 monitors off a laptop? You'd be better off getting a dedicated desktop

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It'll die in like a month, and you want to run 3 monitors off a laptop? You'd be better off getting a dedicated desktop

I have done it before. I just want to add another external, and turn off the one on the laptop. 

I would love to have a desktop but I do not have the money or one laying around that will suite my needs.

Is it bad that my dream setup only costs a few thousand not counting the obutto?


 

CPU: FX-8320

Motherboard: asrock 970Pro3 r2.0

Memory: Team Zeus Blue 8GB DDR3-1600 Memory 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB DUAL-X Video Card 

Case: Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case  

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  

SSD: MX100 128GB

HDD: WD 2TB black edition

 

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